groundberry

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groundberry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  groundberry \groundberry\ n.
     A small prostrate or ascending shrub (Astroloma humifusum)
     having scarlet flowers and thin-fleshed succulent fruit
     resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus
     Styphelia.
  
     Syn: native cranberry, cranberry heath, Astroloma   humifusum
          , Styphelia humifusum.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A creeping shrub of eastern North America (Gaultheria  procumbens
        ) having white bell-shaped flowers followed by
        spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that
        yield wintergreen oil.
  
     Syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea,
          creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
          [WordNet 1.5]

groundberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  groundberry
      n 1: small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers
           and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes
           placed in genus Styphelia [syn: native cranberry,
           groundberry, ground-berry, cranberry heath,
           Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum]
      2: creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-
         shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and
         shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil [syn:
         teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea,
         groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen,
         Gaultheria procumbens]